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- Harry Potter’s long spell
It's been several years since the last book in the 'Potter' series was published, but judging by the fervor of fans, the boy wizard isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
- How Memphis gave us ‘Main Street of Black America’
Music historian Preston Lauterbach talks about Memphis and its unique place in America's music and history of race relations.
- ‘When Clouds Fell from the Sky’ sheds new light on a dark period in Cambodia’s history
Journalist Robert Carmichael examines the nearly four-year period of Khmer Rouge rule through a family's search for a loved one who disappeared into the regime’s secretive prison system, never to be seen again.
- ‘M Train’ follows Patti Smith as she slips beguilingly between present and past
Smith is so charming and unpretentious a writer that her rambles carry more than their weight in words.
- 'Doomed to Succeed' examines the complicated, ambivalent US-Israel bond
In this well researched history Ross meticulously chronicles the bumpy ride that the two nations have taken together since 1948.
- 'Undermajordomo Minor' is an imaginative fairytale marred by small imprecisions
The latest novel from the author of 'The Sisters Brothers' tells the story of an enigmatic Baron in a language all its own.
- First LookNobel for Literature honors 'monument to suffering and courage'
Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich's canon chronicles life during and after the Soviet Union.
- 'Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights' is Salman Rushdie's clanky meditation on faith
In Rushdie's murky new novel, characters from two worlds – the mundane and human and the supernatural – set off an era of chaos that lead to the end of religion and its most destructive side effects.
- Nobel prize for literature: Who is Svetlana Alexievich?
Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday. Her first novel, "The Unwomanly Face of the War," published in 1985 and about the untold stories of women who had fought against Nazi Germany.
- Author James Patterson wants to give holiday bonuses to booksellers
Patterson says he got the idea of offering holiday bonuses from applications he receives for bookstore grants.
- 'Twilight': A look at the new work in the series by Stephenie Meyer
Stephanie Meyer has released a new version of her 'Twilight' story in which the genders of her main characters Bella and Edward are swapped. The new take on the narrative debuted with the tenth anniversary rerelease of the 'Twilight' novel.
- Ben Carson expounds on the US Constitution in 'A More Perfect Union'
'A More Perfect Union' is one of at least seven books, many of which have become bestsellers, penned by the former neurosurgeon.
- 'The Year of Lear' skillfully traces the mark of current events on Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote three great works in 1606: 'King Lear,' 'Macbeth,' and 'Antony and Cleopatra.' Shapiro demonstrates that all three were marked by their time.
- Bestselling books the week of 10/6/15, according to IndieBound* Created by the American Booksellers Association, the IndieBound bestseller list uses data from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States to determine which books are flying fastest off the shelves on any given week. This week, some of the bestselling titles flagged by the stores that report their data to the ABA include "Black River" by S.M. Hulse and "Etta and Otto and Russell and James" by Emma Hooper. Check out the full IndieBound list below.